Automobile radiator-cap attachment.



D. P. SHANER.

AUTOMOBILE RADIATOR CAP ATTAGHMENT. APPIQIUATION FAILED OUT 10, 19 2.

1,090,573 Patented Mar; 17, 1914.

. serves to illustrate my mvention:

' I DAVID P. SHANER, OF MOUNT HEALTH-Y, OHIO.

AUTOMOBILE RADIATOR-CAP ATTAUI-IMENT.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID P. SHANER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Mount Healthy, in the countyof Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Automobile Radiator-Cap Attachments, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to means for attaching an accessory part to a motorvehicle; and the object of the invention is to provide such means ofattachment as will effectively resist the tendency to loosen theattachment under the severe jar and vibration attendant upon the runningof the motor vehicle.

My invention is more especially concerned with attachment of anaccessory part to the cap of the radiator on a motor vehicle and I haveillustrated my attachment as a support for a pennant holder on anautomobile.

My invention consists in the parts and in the details of constructionand arrangement of parts as will hereinafter be more fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawing, which Figure 1 is a perspective view of thefront portion of an automobile showing the radiator and cap with mydevice mounted thereon; Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevational View of mydevice mounted on the cap of the radiator; Fig. 3 is a longitudinalcross-section showing my device mounted on the cap of the radiator andillustrating more T clearly the attaching means; Fig. 4 is across-section taken on the line H of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a view looking up into the bottom of the cap.

In the embodiment of my invention, as illustrated, 1 represents a hoodhaving a radiator 2 at the front thereof.- The radiator has the usualneck 3 and cap 4, which latter is tapped at 5 to receive the threadedshank 6 of the standard 7. The threaded shank 6 is reduced in diameterto form a shoulder 8 on the standard which rests on the top o'f'the cap4..

The standard 7 is provided with a socket 9 for the admittance of thepennant mast 10 which is preferably held in place by a set screw 11which passes through an annular shoulder or enlarged portion 12- at thetop of said standard. The standard 7 is securely fastened to the cap 4by means of the nut 13 which is preferably provided with the washer- 14(Fig. 3) interposed between said.

Specification of Letters lPaten'ta Application filed October 10,1912.

Patented Mar. 17, 19%. Serial No. 724,918.

nut and said cap. When the nut is tightened it is held securely inlocked position by the lock nut 14. Thus the pennant holder is securelyfastened to the cap of the radiator and forms a pennant holder which canbe attached to any radiator cap.

Radiators vary in construction and they have different types of caps andnecks and for this reason the pennant holders which are now in use arefound to be useless on certain types of radiators. Some radiators arenot provided with a neck large enough to clampa pennant holder around,but every radiator is provided with a cap. Therefore, my device can beapplied toany radiator of any type. The pennant mast 10 is provided withholes 15 for the strings 17 of the pennant 16 to pass through therebyforming a means of attaching the pennant to the mast. r i

It will thus be seen that my invention possesses the advantages ofsimplicity, cheapness of construction, firmness and rigidity, andneatness and compactness in arrangement.

One of the dism vantages heretofore encountered is the dyliuulty inpreventing a pennant holder from rel. ting loose d1. to the greatvibration of the machines but by means of the constriution as clearlyillustrated in Fig. 3 I have overcome this difficulty and have provideda pennant holder which is absolutely firm with no'danger of becomingloose by the vibrations of the machine. Another advantage of thisconstruction and arrangement is that it is not an obstruction to thefree use of the cap in opening and closing the radiator.

It will be understood that my invention is applicable in the attachmentof accessory parts of other kinds to the radiator cap such as may bedesirable. Therefore I do not wish to be understood as being limited tothe precise example herein shown but What I claim new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character described,

in combination with a radiator cap having an opening'through its top,

said opening beii threaded, a holding element for an accessory part,comprising an upper enlarged portion exposed outside the cap, and alower reduced threaded portion screwed through the threaded opening inthe cap with its upper enlarged portion closely contacting with theupper side of the cap around the threaded opening, a washer around saidlower ing in the cap and having a shoulder at its threaded portioninside the cap, a nut screwed onto the threaded portion, binding saidwasher tightly against the under side of the top of the cap and lockingsaid threaded portion where it is screwed through the opening in thecap, and a lock nut screwed onto said threaded portion up against saidnut and locking the nut, substantially as and for the purposesspecified.

2. In a device of the character described, in combination with aradiator cap having an opening through its top, said opening be ingthreaded, a holding element comprising an upper outwardly exposed socketfor a pennant staff, and a lower reduced threaded portion screwedthrough the threaded openjunction with the socket, said shoulder beingdrawn tightly against the upper side of the cap around the threadedopening, a- Washer around said lower threaded portion and binding saidwasher tightly against the under side of the top of the cap and lockingsaid threaded portion where it is screwed through the opening in thecap, and a lock nut screwed onto said threaded portion up againstsaidnut and locking the nut, substantially as and for the purposesspecified.

DAVID P. SHANER. I Witnesses: 4

JAMES N. RAMSEY, GoLmn GORDON.

